January 25, 2010

The official Firefox 3.6 release changed where new tabs open from clicked links—to the right of the tab they launched from. Liked it better the old way? Here’s the quick fix.

The Mozilla Links blog points out a few about:config tweaks that Firefox 3.6 users might be intrigued in, especially if the new version handles things a bit differently than you’re used to, and you don’t want to spend time getting used to the new scheme. To set new tab behavior back to its old ways—opening in the right-most slot—enter about:config into your address bar, click that you’ll be careful, then enter browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent into the search bar. Set that value to “False,” and your new tabs will open where they used to.

December 14, 2009

Q.During football games, I’ve noticed that the center often will point up field before he snaps the ball. Could it be he wants to make sure the rest of the team knows which way to go? (Ed Anderson; Kirkland, Wash.)

December 10, 2009

Google’s Wave tool suffers from a “just another inbox” problem. So it’s great to see Wave running inside a tab in Thunderbird, right next to your email inbox, with a crafty little code tweak.

Among Thunderbird 3’s new features is Content Tabs, a way to monitor other web sites and web-based messaging from inside Thunderbird. The Quetzalcoatal blog hacked together a little code that opens Wave cleanly and conveniently inside one of these tabs, and even keeps it open after you restart Thunderbird.

To load it up, head to the Tools menu, select Error Console, and enter this line (be sure to select all of it):

Hit the “Evaluate” button when you’re done, and you’ll see a new tab asking for your Wave login. Log in, click “Remember” to have Thunderbird remember your password, and now it’s just like having a little browser tab opened on Wave.

November 20, 2009

A Fistful of Dollars (1:40:04) A pancho-clad, cigar-chewing, mysterious ‘Man with No Name’ rides into a small frontier town which is embroiled in a struggle for power between two families. He hires himself out as a mercenary, first to one faction and then to the other, with no regard for honor or morality. He plays both sides against the middle, collecting his money, until he eventually destroys both, leaving the town to the bartender, coffin-maker and bell ringer as he rides off into the desert from whence he came.

For a Few Dollars More (2:11:43) Sergio Leone’s sequel to FISTFUL OF DOLLARS finds the pancho-clad, cigar-chewing, mysterious ‘Man with No Name’ (Clint Eastwood) locked in competition with a rival bounty hunter; then forming an uneasy alliance with him in a mutual quest for the psychopathic bandit Indio. Eastwood is interested in the award money; Van Cleef seeks vengeance on Indio, for the brutal rape and murder of his sisterÉand the pile of bodies after the climactic shoot-out will yield very different outcomes for them both.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (2:58:40) Set during the Civil War, three disparate drifters…(the pancho-clad, cigar-chewing, silent but supremely self-confident ‘Man with No Name’–the Good; the evil bounty hunter–the Bad; and a renegade Mexican bandit–the Ugly)…search for a Confederate cash box containing $200,000 which is hidden in a distant cemetery in an unmarked grave Sergio Leone’s epic Western masterpiece and the third film in the “Dollars” trilogy. Music by Ennio Morricone.

OCC has been commissioned to build a bike for Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox. Mark pitched a perfect game, and his wife wants to surprise him with a special gift, an OCC chopper. Jr. continues working on a project for his biggest client Coleman.

The Buehrle episode will be repeated tonight at 10 pm CT and next Thursday (November 26) Thursday December 3 at 7 pm CT.

August 10, 2009

A Florida man told authorities his cat was responsible for more than 1,000 images of alleged child pornography found on his home computer, the Martin County Sheriff’s Department reports. Keith Griffin of Jensen Beach is charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography. He told investigators he was downloading music and his cat jumped on the keyboard after he had left the room. When he returned, he found “strange things” on his computer, according to the sheriff’s report. Griffin, 48, is being held on $250,000 bond. A neighbor is taking care of the cat — who has not been charged.